We analyze and compare the performance of the Fourier transform method in affine and quadratic term structure models. We explain why the method of the reduction to FFT in dimension one is efficient for ATSMs of type $A_0(n)$ but may lead to sizable errors for QTSMs unless computational errors...

We calculate prices of first touch digitals under normal inverse Gaussian (NIG) processes, and compare them to prices in the Gaussian model with the same instantaneous variance. Numerical results are produced to show that for typical parameters values, the relative error of the Gaussian...

In this article we apply Carr's randomization approximation and the operator form of the Wiener-Hopf method to double barrier options in continuous time. Each step in the resulting backward induction algorithm is solved using a simple iterative procedure that reduces the problem of pricing...

We develop a general simple methodology for very fast and accurate evaluation of integrals of functions that admit analytic continuation into wide regions of the complex plane or into appropriate Riemann surfaces. We use a family of fractional-parabolic deformations of the contours of...

We calculate the leading term of asymptotics of the prices of barrier options and first touch digitals near the barrier for wide classes of Levy processes with exponential jump densities, including Variance Gamma model, KoBoL (a.k.a. CGMY) model and Normal Inverse Gaussian processes. In the case...